Elixier
[elɪˈksiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Elixier” is an uncommon German word, ranked #79,110 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,110
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Wein oder Alkohol gelöster Auszug aus Heilpflanzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elixier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [elɪˈksiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Elixier” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Elixier is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [elɪˈksiːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,110 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Elixier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Elixier, spelled E-L-I-X-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1in Wein oder Alkohol gelöster Auszug aus Heilpflanzen
- 2Heiltrank, Zaubertrank
- 3Lebenssaft, lebenspendender Saft
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Elixier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-L-I-X-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [elɪˈksiːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.